When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

Peoplewho are only good with hammers see every problem as a nail.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.